10 Of the the Most Quoteable Quotes from Gone Girl

Do you love the Gone Girl book and movie? Then you’re going to love these quotes from Gone Girl!

10 of the Best Quotes from Gone Girl

One of the things I love best about this book are the quotes from Gone Girl. Gone Girl is one of the most quotable books I have ever read. I loved Gillian Flynn’s turn-of-phrasing and the elegant and poignant way she puts words together. If you highlighted the best quotes from Gone Girl, you’d end up highlighting nearly the whole book. But today, I’m sharing my favorite 10 quotes with you.

“Most beautiful, good things were done by women people scorn.”

“Love makes you want to be a better man. But maybe love, real love, also gives you permission to just be the man you are.”

“There’s a difference between really loving someone and loving the idea of her.”

“Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.)”

“My mother had always told her kids: if you’re about to do something, and you want to know if it’s a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.”

“Cool Girls never get angry; they only smile in a chagrined, loving manner and let their men do whatever they want. Go ahead, shit on me, I don’t mind, I’m the Cool Girl.

Men actually think this girl exists.”

“She’s easy to like. I’ve never understood why that’s considered a compliment – that just anyone could like you.”

“All this time I’d thought we were strangers, and it turned out we knew each other intuitively, in our bones, in our blood. It was kind of romantic. Catastrophically romantic.”

“I understand now why so many horror movies use that device-the mysterious knock on the door-because it has the weight of a nightmare. You don’t know what’s out there, yet you know you’ll open it. You’ll think what I think: No one bad ever knocks.”

“If all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don’t have genuine souls.”

What are your favorite quotes from Gone Girl?

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This one’s my favorite: “There is an unfair responsibility that comes with being an only child–you grow up knowing your aren’t allowed to disappoint, you’re not even allowed to die. There isn’t a replacement toddling around; you’re it. It makes you desperate to be flawless, and it also makes you drunk with power. In such ways are despots made.”

I'm Brenda. I'm a writer and a reader. Daily Mayo is all about having fun while reading, without rules! If you love books as much as I do, join the DM Book Lover's Club to keep up with the latest in the book world and get the DM Book Club Reading List.Come get to know me and let's talk books!